[PRCo] How far off TRACK can we get????

[Derrick Brashear]

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Derrick

On Jul 17, 2013, at 6:48 PM, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:

> Bob,
> The original number of the car sitting in your photo at Van Aken Yard was
> 2365. It was originally a Cleveland Railway Company trailer. It was
> delivered to Cleveland Railway on March 2, 1918 and continued as a
> Cleveland Railway trailer car until it was sold to Shaker Heights Rapid
> Transit on October 26, 1946. The car was originally built by G. C. Kuhlman
> Co. It was 49 feet long, had seats for 59 passengers, ran on Brill 67F
> trucks and weighed 25,900 pounds. The original cost of the car was
> $2,760.30. This series' nomenclature (given by Cleveland Railway Co) was
> "Arch Roof Trailer".
> 
> It began in Shaker Heights Service in 1947 (exact date unavailable). it had
> "cable" MU couplers, was renumbered to 58 and stayed in SHRT revenue
> service until sometime in 1948. At that time is was towed to Van Aken Yard
> and made a "permanent" trainman's locker room and office. This "permanent"
> assignment lasted until April 3, 1968 when it was towed to Kingsbury Run
> Shops. In 1968 it was sold to Gerald E. Brookins and moved to Trolleyville
> in 1968. It was almost totally restored to its original Cleveland Railway
> appearance even to the Peter Smith coal stove. It was stored at
> Trolleyville and what has happened to it since the demise of the
> Trolleyville collection I do not know. I suppose it's somewhere in the U.S.
> at some trolley museum.
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Getting back on track, I am attaching three photos that I took on the SHR
>> T in the mid-60's:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> - PCC 94 at Shaker Square on 9/15/66 (94 is now at PTM).
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> - PCC 95 at Shaker Square  leading an outbound 3-car train onto the Van
>> Aiken line on 9/15/66.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> - Body of a  double-end trolley that may have been used as an
>> office/storage facility. Taken  at Van Aiken loop on 8/15/64.  Note the
>> person in the fourth window from the right who appears to be writing at a
>> desk.   Does anyone kn ow the  number/history of this car?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Bob
>> 
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>> ----- Original Message -----
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>> From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
>> To: "Western PA Trolley discussion" <
>> pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 12:40:33 PM
>> Subject: Re: [PRCo] How far off TRACK can we get????
>> 
>> And remember, Derrick, when you could hand your luggage to an airline
>> representative at the curb and he would tag it and it would go onto the
>> plane.  You didn't even have to carry it into the terminal.    Back in the
>> days when they wanted business …. before they give you the business.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jul 17, 2013, at 12:54 PM, Derrick Brashear wrote:
>> 
>>> Airlines?   I can remember when you could dash up to the gate with 15
>>>> minutes to spare, get on the plane and go ….
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Me too. July 2001. 28x was late, I got to the airport at 8:06am and was
>> not
>>> the last person seated on my 8:15 departure, which left on time.
>>> 
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